SANTA CRUZ >>The teetering 8-foot-tall wall was made of cardboard. The gesturing President Donald Trump standing before the wall was actually mask-wearing former Santa Cruz City Councilman Micah Posner.

Nontheless, despite the obvious theatrical nature of the protest, a dozen local kids furthermore remained jubilant to topple the wall, which was covered with racist and sexist insults on a Pacific Avenue sidewalk Friday.